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Hi, several weeks ago I added more memory to my computer and it crashed. The memory has been removed, but there was damage done to the operating system. The computer was buggy for a while (mouse jerky, system very slow), but I uninstalled a number of programs (including a McAfee scanner I didn't know was installed - perhaps the reason for the jerky mouse and slowdown). Everything seemed to be going along fine until Wednesday night, August 17th. I turned on the power to my computer (I have a Belkin Power Authority II surge protection console that I always turn off after shutting down the computer) and when I hit the power button on the tower the computer wouldn't start; it acted as if the power was off and the capacitor on the motherboard simply discharged when I hit the power button. I checked for hardware problems (as best I could); finding nothing I decided to leave the power on and went to watch some TV. On returning I was able to start the computer, checked some e-mails, then shut it down (leaving the power on). Today, August 18th, the computer started fine, but after a half hour or so it suddenly shut down as if a power failure (IE and Outlook Express were open). When I tried to restart there was nothing, I turned off the power console and turned it back on, waited a moment and the computer restarted, it has been working fine since. Windows booted normally; I expected a message saying Windpows was not shut down properly and a scandisk would be suggested, but there was nothing with the exception of mentioning something was missing but was successfully recovered (I should have made a note of what it was). Everything was OK except Outlook Express told me it was not shut down properly (although it functioned fine). Thinking it possible that my problem was malware of some sort, I decided to run AVG Anti-Rootkit scan and it turned up a number of rootkits that could not be healed; one of them mentions "shutdown", and two mention "power".

I realize that my motherboard is getting old, and with the number of hard drives and other hardware connected it could be a strain (but drives U through Z are virtual CDROMs, I have a licensed copy of Farstone Virtual Drive Pro).

You have rather a lot of buggy and junk programs on here.In addition, you have programs that may be OK, but make troubleshooting very difficult or impossible.

If you are willing to Uninstall ALL the programs listed here, and return with a fresh set of DDS logs, we will help make sure it is clean of malware.If you need to keep any of these programs, we will choose not to help further.I understand this kind of choice may be difficult. It's up to you.

Thanks for the reply. The last several days the computer started and shutdown once or twice each time, but then ran steady for hours after that. However, today (Monday, August 22nd) it shut down during windows boot and then would shut down during main (BIOS) boot. I gave up after several attempts and am now on my lap top at another location. When I return, I will try to start the system again. if it starts, then I will uninstall the noted programs. If it does not, then I may see if I can get another motherboard.

frp,The first thing to do after a successful startup would be to test the Hard Drive with check disk.(Right after removing those programs, that is).-----------------------------------------------------------Check Hard Disk For ErrorsPress Start->Run, then type or copy/paste the following command into the box and press OK:

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